Musings

We were able to get our EMV cards at the bank. We have to wait for Jovy to come home so she could drive us there.

There are always long lines both at the counters and at the customer service booths. I have to approach one of their officers and introduced myself as a former employee of BPI. She immediately looked for the replacement cards and let Mom sign hers but I have to replace the PIN numbers for both cards at the ATM machine.

We went to SM East Ortigas later to have early dinner at the ClassicSavory Chicken. Mom said that the place was familiar so I told her, we had eaten there before. We dined on buttered chicken, pork chops, pancit canton, chop suey, crab and corn soup. Oreo is now allowed to eat veggies like carrots and chayote and minced chicken liver too so we had to separate them and put them in a glass of water to remove the flavor before he could eat them. He loved the veggies. We also ordered dinner for Josef and brought it home with us.

Tired.

Started trimming the grass as soon as it is light.Wow, it has grown after more than a month. Went back to the garden around 4 PM. Planted another packet of Zinnia today. I hope they would sprout in a week. I noticed while I was weeding, there are new shoots of my Vinca, probably from the flowers that have fallen to the ground. I am envisioning how this would all look when they bloom.

I gave our neighbor bottle gourd. There are more than ten of them on our trellis in different sizes. Did you know that there are amazing benefits of bottle gourd? It is a vegetable often ignored by many but it acts as a diuretic, improve digestion and prevents constipation. It also reduces risk of urinary infection and lowers blood sugar levels. Since it is low in calories, it also aids in weight loss. There are also so many ways to cook it.

Finally.

I can now update my reading. Just done with a book about nature and biodiversity. The importance of a healthy natural environment. ” Biodiversity is in decline all over the world. The number of species of animals, plants and microorganisms is decreasing”. I hope to see our little sparrows moving back to the garden again. I miss their sweet voices early in the morning.

Hi Arlene, I’ve been planting shorter zinnias also in places that seem a little bare and in need of a quick-growing flower. Mine also seems to sprout in about a week. I found a new variety of cosmos last week, a greenish yellow color and it is supposed to stay on the shorter side. I’m excited about this new addition and have been searching for bare spots to plant it. Happy gardening.

You could have counted me among the fans of wisteria when I lived in NY. I walked past a park where there were beautiful clusters of blooms every spring. Then we moved to the mountains where our house had a vigorous vine that has tried to swallow everything in its path. Every morning before breakfast I check to make sure it hasn’t crept through a window overnight.

Ha! Ha! Yes, the enemy! I think the normal ones have already bloomed, while we are waiting to see if ours will bloom at all. It didn’t the first year or two we were here. Last year there were blooms, although not large and not abundant. It really hasn’t justified its existence for me yet.

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